The Hardest Song Sam Hunt Has Written

Beasley Digital

4/23/2025

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00:00All right, on the phone right now is a man who was a former college athlete.

00:03He is an amazing songwriter.

00:05He is a father of two.

00:07He vacations with Gronk, for crying out loud.

00:09This guy is the man.

00:11Ladies and gentlemen, on the phone, Samuel Hunt.

00:13Sam Hunt!

00:15What's happening?

00:16Not too much, dude.

00:17Thanks for calling in.

00:18We appreciate you.

00:19Yeah, good to chat with you guys this morning.

00:21Absolutely.

00:22Well, Outskirts is the single right now.

00:24We absolutely love this song.

00:25We're playing the heck out of it.

00:26Kind of give me the genesis of this song

00:29and kind of where your head was at when you wrote it.

00:31Yeah, this is a song that came about a few years ago.

00:34Usually the songs that I put out will have been written about two or three years prior to me putting them out.

00:39But several years ago, when I started touring as much as I did,

00:42I started writing songs on these little retreats with a couple of my guys that I've been writing with from the very beginning.

00:48And we went out on a retreat.

00:50I can't remember.

00:50We may have just been outside of Nashville somewhere in a little cabin.

00:53But anyway, I had that title in my phone, and we sat down to write one day,

00:57and it kind of just fell out.

00:59Some songs take a little longer than others.

01:00That one kind of came out quickly.

01:02Although I was missing the second verse.

01:04I didn't write that second verse until about two months before I put it out.

01:07So it was kind of in the can waiting for me to finish,

01:11and I finished it just about two months before I released it.

01:13That's awesome.

01:14What's one of your songs that did not come easy and was hard to finish for you?

01:19Let's see.

01:20Well, I have a reputation for being slow when it comes to writing.

01:25The typical Nashville way is to go in from like 10 to 4,

01:30and a lot of guys will write one or either two songs a day.

01:33But it usually takes me two or three sits to finish this song.

01:37But I guess maybe I remember thinking long and hard about Break Up in a Small Town.

01:43It was a song on my first record.

01:44Yeah, man.

01:45There's a lot going on in that song.

01:47Yeah, I kind of crammed a bunch of lyrics in there.

01:51Yeah.

01:52That was one that I took my time on.

01:54I appreciate it.

01:55So you were talking about taking a long time with songs.

01:58It's been about two years since you've released an album.

02:00Do we have anything on the horizon?

02:03So I decided a couple years ago, once I had my first baby,

02:07that I knew I'd be pretty busy, so I was going to put out.

02:11And I already have trouble getting out new music.

02:13And if you look back at my career, you know, I'm not on the same.

02:18Well, you're slow.

02:19You can't write a song fast.

02:20It takes you forever.

02:21We've already established that.

02:24So I had about 10 or 12 songs.

02:27And instead of trying to get them all recorded at once,

02:31I've just been putting them out one at a time.

02:32So I haven't put out an album in a couple years,

02:34but I thought, well, I'll just put out about 10 songs over a two-year period.

02:39So I'm about three or four shy of that.

02:41So those songs are coming out in the first week of April.

02:45So I have three new ones coming out in addition to it.

02:48They'll be put together with Outskirts, which has been out for a while.

02:51Yeah, the way he puts out songs, it's going to be a greatest hits album,

02:54is what it's going to be.

02:57That's fine.

02:58Very cool, Sam.

02:59You know, you were talking about it earlier,

03:01Outskirts being a song that you had two, three years ago.

03:04Is it hard for you to come back to those songs and say,

03:06okay, you know what, we've had this one in the can for a little bit,

03:08or we had this one ready to go for a little bit.

03:11Is it hard to kind of reconnect with those songs?

03:13Yeah, sometimes.

03:14You know, the place you were in when you wrote it,

03:17you think as time passes, you know,

03:19you don't necessarily connect to it as much.

03:22Maybe some of the new has worn off.

03:24But like I said, I can't be as slow as I am with my writing.

03:27I can't afford to just be putting songs on the back burner.

03:30But that one was one that I still felt good about.

03:34And it still, more than importantly,

03:36it still matched with the other several songs that I was going to put out.

03:40In other words, it sounded like it was a part of an album with those other songs.

03:43Well, and then Haley's been sitting in Toronto trying to figure out what the hell's going on, too.

03:47Crystal Haley!

03:51Yeah, no doubt.

03:52All right, Sam, we want to play a quick game with you.

03:54We've played this with you before.

03:55It just lets us get to know you very well.

03:57It's called Sam I Am or Sam I'm Not.

03:59So I'll just read a statement.

04:00You tell me if this is you or not you, okay?

04:03All right.

04:04All right.

04:05Binge watcher of Netflix.

04:07I've done it before.

04:08I did, what was the one with, in Missouri about the...

04:14Ozark.

04:15It's Ozark.

04:16Ozark.

04:17Ozark, yeah.

04:19Sounds like it made a big impression on you, Sam.

04:21The one in Missouri.

04:23All right, here we go.

04:24A better hunter than Jordan Davis.

04:27Oh, man.

04:29Uh, Sam I'm maybe.

04:31Sam I'm maybe.

04:34Uh, expert diaper changer.

04:37Sam I am.

04:38Sam I am.

04:39Very nice.

04:39There you go.

04:40Better songwriter when you're alone.

04:43Hmm.

04:45Ah.

04:46And this is no diss to your boys.

04:49It's just how you do it.

04:51Sam I am.

04:52Sam I am.

04:53I'm going to make it a little clearer.

04:54All right.

04:54Your boys are not going to be happy about that one.

04:57And, uh...

04:58That doesn't mean they're not better, but I am better alone.

05:01Okay.

05:01Very nice.

05:02And, uh, pre-show shot guy.

05:05No.

05:07No?

05:07Sam I'm not.

05:08Yeah, so, uh, I prefer a beer.

05:10Right.

05:10There you go.

05:11All right.

05:11Hey, brother, we appreciate you so much, man, calling in.

05:15We know you're a busy guy.

05:16We're always excited about new music.

05:18Outskirts, like I said.

05:19Great song.

05:20And you have a great day, my friend.

05:21Thank you so much.

05:22Appreciate you guys supporting us.

05:23You got it, man.

05:24Later, Sam.

05:24Bye, Sam.

05:25All right.

05:25Bye.

05:26Bye.

05:27Bye.

05:28Bye.

The Hardest Song Sam Hunt Has Written

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